Jammu: Raising the issue of power crisis in Ladakh region, Congress party leader Nawang Rigzin Jora on Tuesday asked the government to stop supplying power to Army in order to improve the power situation in the region.
Jora made the remark when Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh was replying to a question on deepening power crisis in Kashmir Valley. Jora said that Army and paramilitary camps are illuminated with sparkling lights but the civilian populations are kept in darkness.
Deputy Chief Minister assured Jora that power crisis in Ladakh region would be addressed on priority and the collective measures will be taken to ensure adequate availability of power to civilian populations in the area.
